Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f50bc27309ff9e4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-16 03:22:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: d904c7d922dbe9e0369da0cb7c9104cb SHA-1: 2523ee3d6bcb8f58af0056c822eda58e70933926 SHA-256: f50bc27309ff9e4b5ad61963ecd4caa6dce37e1d3ad48e3a56f4c45b9b61a8ee
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and the numerous external URIs suggest a phishing or spam campaign aimed at driving traffic to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=live+free+cricket+app PDF link annotation
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ef57ddce7---lilefobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamkr.com/userData/board/file/lepewunixolekixigosixenak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beeshark.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/72069805330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11189170716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://florissantdesign.nl/docs/Image/file/88345749569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161334422717f1---30629381803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.akilciilacdernegi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/basetopedomozesoviba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://likeevent.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/rixazawajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmikkino.ru/sadm_files/20605798659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/zofuxafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-nora.com/userfiles/file/13812358617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://numismatika-nbkpdy.cz/userfiles/file/febejipesofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bachson.net/upload/file/sajowupujebovaditovajaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://likebarcode.com/image/files/20210908_120732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattarasawat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zebuvuduxape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestocktool.com/d/files/18261559008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kftchem.com/upload/files/nojoxojofokod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandinhr.eu/images/user/file/fenivurixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boletos.luzservicos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5333340752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soleilboo.com/images/uploads/files/palodof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abriganature.centralcms.cloud/galeria/files/natejezidironarovoduze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photofetimages.com/57383716466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdlianyu.com/uploadfiles/file/26855093382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pre-www.bridge-college.com/uploaded/ckeditor/files/56960056878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gourmethousemacau.com/UploadFilesfile///jujamikerisesanun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e534.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE534 10148 bytes
SHA-256: c926cd135cd9dfe3335b9464e5cfbebd083edd87d997aa891546ea702da00838
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC19 17352 bytes
SHA-256: 5dacc0e1bf5c9eba12cd86b477c1da6cccc05e8763402fe0f5eafcfd3f2bc508
font_02_sfnt_off00012890.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12890 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1